Profiles

Bio

WordPress Core Committer and plugin author, also working on Polyglots, Support, and Meta teams. Co-founder of Russian WP community.

Interests

Lifelong learning

WordPress Origin Story

I studied Applied Mathematics at the Southern Federal University (formerly Rostov State University) in Rostov-on-Don, Russia.

I have a passion for open source, which started with contributing documentation and bug fixes for a popular file manager in 2002. While creating some websites for my university, I’ve discovered a growing web publishing software called WordPress, which quickly grabbed my attention due to its simplicity, extensibility, and an amazing community. Giving back to the community was a natural thing for me, so I’ve started translating WordPress into Russian, answering questions on support forums, and participating in core development.

I’ve joined Yoast in July 2015, and since then I’m working on WordPress full time as a core committer and an active member of several other teams: Polyglots (which translates WordPress into 200+ languages), Support (which helps users to find answers to their questions), and Meta (which manages the WordPress.org network). I’m also a frequent speaker at WordPress conferences, called WordCamps, in Russia and Europe.

In my spare time, I enjoy listening to music, playing guitar or keyboards, watching movies, going for a walk or a bike ride, repairing all kinds of things.

Badges

CODE
10 badges
Core Contributor '15 C Core Performance Contributor '22 C Core Performance Team '22 Core Team '14 Meta Contributor '15 Meta Team '15 Plugin Developer Plugins Team '23 Security Contributor '22 Security Team '20
CONTENT
3 badges
Documentation Contributor '16 Documentation Team '16 WordPress.tv Contributor '16
COMMUNITY
4 badges
bbPress Contributor '19 bbPress Team '19 B BuddyPress Contributor '19 WordCamp Speaker '19
PRACTICE
6 badges
Accessibility Contributor '19 Accessibility Team '17 Support Contributor '16 Support Team '16 Test Contributor '21 Test Team '21
POLYGLOTS
2 badges
Translation Contributor '15 Translation Editor '15

Current Job

WordPress Core Contributor
Present
Yoast

Recent impact

Score weights high-impact work (commits, releases, approved translations, props) at 3x routine activity.

Last 30 days
100contributions
high82
medium18
score264
Last 90 days
302contributions
high266
medium36
score834
Last 12 months
929contributions
high788
medium141
score2505

Team focus

Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

WordPress releases

Contributed to 40 releases
  • 7.1
  • 7.0
  • 6.9
  • 6.8
  • 6.7
  • 6.6
  • 6.5
  • 6.4
  • 6.3
  • 6.2
  • 6.1
  • 6.0
  • 5.9
  • 5.8
  • 5.7
  • 5.6
  • 5.5
  • 5.4
  • 5.3
  • 5.2
  • 5.1
  • 5.0
  • 4.9
  • 4.8
  • 4.7
  • 4.6
  • 4.5
  • 4.4
  • 4.3
  • 4.2
  • 4.1
  • 4.0
  • 3.9
  • 3.8
  • 3.7
  • 3.6
  • 3.5
  • 3.4
  • 3.3
  • 3.2

Time commitment

10 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

Contributions

Type
September 2026
Sep 16 Wed · 11:59
Core high
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Tests: Correct the `WP_Font_Face` tests dataset.
Sep 16 Wed · 11:57
Core high
Committed [63634] to WordPress SVN:
Tests: Correct the `WP_Font_Face` tests dataset.
Sep 16 Wed · 09:45
Polyglots high
Translated 2 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
Sep 15 Tue · 23:31
Core med
Closed pull request #13511 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Build/Test Tools: Use the null coalescing assignment operator in the test suite
Sep 15 Tue · 23:28
Core high
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Build/Test Tools: Use the null coalescing assignment operator in the…
Sep 15 Tue · 23:26
Core high
Committed [63633] to WordPress SVN:
Build/Test Tools: Use the null coalescing assignment operator in the test suite.
Sep 14 Mon · 17:10
Core med
Closed pull request #13501 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Tests: Use assertWPError() for WP_Error assertions in classic-to-block menu converter tests
Sep 14 Mon · 17:10
Core high
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Tests: Use `assertWPError()` for assertions in classic-to-block menu converter tests.
Sep 14 Mon · 17:08
Core high
Committed [63615] to WordPress SVN:
Tests: Use `assertWPError()` for assertions in classic-to-block menu converter tests.
Sep 14 Mon · 16:53
Core med
Closed pull request #13469 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Code Modernization: Use the null coalescing operator in wp_get_chromium_major_version() tests

Developer

30 plugins

Contributor

7 plugins

Translations

2 locales
ru_RU Русский (Russian) General Translation Editor Translation Contributor

Contributed translations to 694 projects.

WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS Browse Happy Forums Get Involved o2 P2 "Breathe" WordPress Plugin Directory Rosetta WordPress Theme Directory WordCamp.org WordPress.org 3D Wiggle Player Absolute Privacy AccessPress Social Login Lite – Social Login WordPress Plugin ACF: TablePress Active Directory Integration Add Meta Tags Adminimize AdRotate Banner Manager Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense Advanced Category Excluder Advertising Manager Affiliates Manager Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection Timely All-in-One Events Calendar Schema – All In One Schema Rich Snippets All-In-One Security (AIOS) – Security and Firewall Allow Cyrillic Usernames ALO EasyMail Newsletter Amazon Link WP Offload Media Lite for Amazon S3, DigitalOcean Spaces, and Google Cloud Storage Menu Control for aMember amr ical events lists Annual Archive Any Ipsum Appointments Appreciators WP Plugin Author Avatars List/Block The SEO Framework – Fast, Automated, Effortless. Advanced Automatic Updates AVH First Defense Against Spam bbPress Better Google Analytics Kadence Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection Birthdays Widget Blocks – Reusable Content, Shortcodes & Site Variables Blogger Importer

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fr_FR Français (French) Translation Contributor